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Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934 – RKO)

Next showing: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:30 AM Eastern Turner Classic Movies Runtime:  67 Minutes One of the funniest and best of Wheeler & Woolsey’s musical comedy movies, full of scantily clad dancing girls, double-entendre jokes, and the sort of high paced action and physical humor that made the team wildly popular, especially among younger [...]

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Upcoming Wheeler & Woolsey Movies

It’s been a while, but TCM has finally added some Wheeler & Woolsey films to their upcoming schedule.  First up is Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934 – RKO)  starring our favorite duo, along with frequent co-star Dorothy Lee, Thelma Todd, Ruth Etting – and an extremely young Betty Grable in an extremely small part!  Showing Wednesday, [...]

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Hold ‘Em Jail (1932 – RKO)

This was Wheeler and Woolsey’s tenth film together and a favorite among fans and critics  alike. It also introduced 15 year old Betty Grable to her first major film role as Wheeler’s love interest. The film is endlessly funny and was the source for gags and situations in roughly six Three Stooges shorts made several [...]

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Wheeler and Woolsey Movies on TV

Dixiana poster There are no fewer than four Wheeler and Woolsey movies coming up in next six weeks, and one film starring Bert Wheeler. On September 3, 2008, Turner Classic Movies will be celebrating the start of football season by showing Hold ‘Em Jail, the 1932 prison football romp co-starring Edna Mae Oliver (one of [...]

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